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Leopold Infeld | |
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 Leopold Infeld in 1960 | |
| Born | 20 August 1898 |
| Died | 15 January 1968 (aged 69) |
| Citizenship | Austrian (1898–1918) Polish (1918–1968) Canadian (1939–50) |
| Alma mater | Jagiellonian University |
| Known for | Infeld–Van der Waerden symbols Born–Infeld theory Einstein–Infeld–Hoffmann equations Infeld–Hull factorization method |
| Children | Eryk Infeld |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Cambridge University Jagiellonian University University of Lwów Princeton University University of Toronto |
| Doctoral students | Iwo Bialynicki-Birula Alfred Schild Andrzej Trautman P. R. Wallace |
Leopold Infeld (20 August 1898 – 15 January 1968) was a Polish physicist who worked mainly in Poland and Canada (1938–1950). He was a Rockefeller fellow at Cambridge University (1933–1934) and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences.[1]
- ^ Bergmann, Peter G. (March 1968). "Obituary: Leopold Infeld, Authority on Field Theory and Relativity". Physics Today. 21 (3): 113. Bibcode:1968PhT....21c.113B. doi:10.1063/1.3034808.